The 5-year-old horse had just one career win coming into the 'race that stops a nation' but powered to victory in front of 73,000 fans.
Melbourne Cup
A field of 24 will go in the 3,200 metre Melbourne Cup (G1) at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, Australia.
First Cup ride and win for jockey Jye McNeil aboard the 8-year-old gelding; Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyke suffers fatal injury.
As Aidan O'Brien, one of the world's leading trainers, tries to win his first Melbourne Cup, his favoured Tiger Moth drew a tough post, 23.
Vow and Declare, by Declaration of War wins thrilling edition of the "race that stops a nation"; News from the Melbourne Cup.
Links to form guides to entries plus a list of the 24 horses set to race 2 miles on the turf; Japanese horse Mer de Glace one of the favourites
